The Intel Xeon W3670 is a mid-range hexa-core server processor designed to balance performance and price point.

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The Intel Xeon W3670 is a mid-range hexa-core server processor designed to balance performance and price point. Clocking in at 3.2 GHz with a maximum turbo frequency of 3.46 GHz, the Xeon W3670 offers extremely high performance with six physical cores and 12 threads. Additionally, the Xeon W3670 features 32nm architecture, a 12MB L3 cache, Intel's hyper-threading technology and support for up to 24GB of tri-channel DDR3 RAM.

The Xeon W3670's 32nm architecture is smaller and more efficient than the 45 and 65nm architectures more commonly used with the Xeon line's quad core chips; this allows the Xeon W3670 to operate at a lower temperature than equivalent 45nm processors. Additionally, the Xeon W3670's 12MB L3 cache allows it to process tasks with greater efficiency while its hyper-threading technology optimizes overall processor efficiency by allowing each core to perform two function simultaneously when working with threaded applications.